"This native perennial grass is 3-8' tall, more or less erect, and unbranched or little branched. Each culm is terete, tan, and hairless; its nodes are dark-colored, slightly swollen, and glaucous. There are several...

This native perennial grass is 2-3' tall and tufted at the base. The culms are tan or reddish brown, hairless, and terete; the base of each culm is erect, rather than decumbent across the ground. Alternate leaves are...

American sloughgrass (Beckmannia Syzigachne) is characteristically found in damp habitats such as wet ground or shallow water and at the margins of ponds, lakes, and streams but may also grow along ditches. It is considered...

(PLS) Side-oats grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) is a bunchy, sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem, bleaching to a tan color in the fall...

(PLS) Blue Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) is an important, drought-resistant, short grass in the mixed prairies and throughout the Great Plains and Southwest. It can be confused with Hairy grama Grass (B.hirusta), which is...

(PLS) Buffalo grass is a warm-season, native, perennial shortgrass. It grows between 2 and 5 inches (5-13 cm) tall and spreads out between six feet and 12 feet (3-4 m). It has a round hollow stem with gray, green curly...

(PLS) Blue Joint Grass (Calamagrostis Canadensis) is a perennial, clump-forming grass grows to a height of 3-5 ft. Many slender stems arise from small rhizomes; each topped by a large, slightly nodding, branched...

During the late spring and summer, this native perennial grass is tufted at the base, producing unbranched culms about 3-5' tall. Each culm has about 8 alternate leaves that are distributed throughout its length; the lower...

(PLS) Riverbank Wildrye (Riparius) is generally described as a perennial graminoid. Most active growth period is in the spring and summer . The greatest bloom is usually observed in the mid summer, with fruit and seed...

This native perennial grass is about 2½–4' tall with unbranched culms. These culms are terete, light green, glabrous, and erect. Several alternate leaves occur along the entire length of each culm. The blades of...

(PLS) Sand Love Grass (Eragrostis Trichodes) A member of the Grass Family (Poaceae). Sand lovegrass is a warm-season, short-lived, perennial bunch grass. The height ranges from 2-1/2 to 5 feet. The leaf blade is flat. It is...

(PLS) American Mannagrass (Glyceria Grandis) is most commonly found in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass bearing thin stems which approach two meters in maximum height. The sturdy...

This native perennial grass is 2–3½' tall, forming tufts of unbranched culms that are erect to ascending. Each culm is light to medium green, terete, and glabrous; there are about 6 alternate leaves along its...

June Grass (Koeleria Cristata) has pale green-silvery colored flowers. Its lower stems are covered with small hair about .5 inches along the stem. The stem is hollow at the bottom of the plant. June Grass grows to about 1-2...

"This native perennial grass is 2-4' tall, more or less erect, and unbranched or sparingly so. The culms are light to yellowish green, terete, hollow, and sparingly covered with short stiff hairs. The blades of the alternate...

(PLS) This native perennial grass is 3-6' tall and more or less erect; it usually grows in large bunches. The culms are light to medium green, terete, glabrous, and fairly stout; each culm has several alternate leaves that...

Fowl Blue Grass is sometimes encountered on stream banks and in other moist to fairly dry habitats. It is similar to P. palustris except for its smaller stature and densely tufted nature. It can be distinguished from P...

Wool Grass ( Scirpus Cyperinus) is a native perennial plant consists of a clump of low vegetative shoots, from which arises one or more flowering stalks about 3-5' tall. The stout culms of the these flowering stalks are...

(PLS) This native perennial grass is 3-7' tall and unbranched. It typically consists of tight bunches of flowering culms and their leaves. The culms are terete, glabrous, and light green to pale yellow. The blades of the...

(PLS) Very common throughout the entire US, Here in Allamakee county it is much less common than it is in the Lakes Region of Iowa. Can reach 4 feet tall and has distinctive, large, bur-shaped fruits. Leaves are very stiff...

(PLS) This native perennial grass is about 4-7' tall and unbranched. The central culm is green to light brown, terete (round in cross-section), and glabrous. The alternate leaves are located primarily along the lower half of...

Tall Dropseed (Sporobolis Aspera), sometimes named Sprobolis compositus is native perennial grass is 2½–5' tall. It is often tufted at the base, sending up multiple culms from short rootstocks. The light...

(PLS) Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) is a species of perennial prairie grass native to a widespread area of the US (from the Mid-West to the eastern seaboard . Taking up to five years to mature from seed, the...

(PLS) Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) is a grass species forming a tuft of stems growing up to a meter long with a thick stem base. It grows in a wide variety of habitat types, including disturbed areas such as...

(PLS) Porcupine Grass (Stipa Spartea) is a cool season grass that is found in the dry open prairie. It's preference is full sun, mesic to dry conditions. Habitats include mesic to dry black soil prairies, sand prairies,...

(PLS) River Oats ( Uniola Latifolia) makes a great ornamental grass. The long stalks on which the seed heads cluster are born bright green, turning light brownish-tan in autumn and usually persisting into the winter. It is...